Mamerhi O. Okor

  • Birmingham, AL
  • Neurosurgeon
NPI1205044005PAC ID3476646787
Medicare services, 2024
568
Medicare patients, 2024
320
Part D claims, 2024
441
Publications
6
MIPS score, 2024
99
Practice address
619 19th S St, Birmingham, AL 35211
Practice phone
Call (205) 731-9770
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Primary practice

University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital

Birmingham, Alabama

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Mamerhi O. Okor is a neurosurgeon in Birmingham, Alabama

Mamerhi Okor practices at University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.

Mamerhi Okor's NPI, 1205044005, was assigned on May 18, 2007. Mamerhi Okor graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 2001. Mamerhi Okor holds Alabama license 24979.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3476646787
NPI enumeration date
May 18, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(205) 731-9770
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
51
Medical school graduation
2001

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Mamerhi O. Okor practices at University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama

Mamerhi Okor's primary practice is University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital, at 619 19th S St, Birmingham, AL 35211 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (205) 731-9770.

  • University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital
    619 19th S St, Birmingham, AL 35211 · Jefferson CountyPhone(205) 731-9770

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Mamerhi O. Okor is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Mamerhi Okor's primary practice is University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Mamerhi Okor is also affiliated with UAB Hospital. The medical group on file is UAB Medicine. Dmand AI also links Mamerhi Okor to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Mamerhi O. Okor's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Mamerhi Okor practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
University of Alabama Birmingham HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Mamerhi O. Okor is one of 95 neurosurgeons in Alabama

Neurological surgery is Mamerhi Okor's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Mamerhi Okor is licensed in Alabama.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Neurological surgery, AlabamaPrimaryLicense 24979 · taxonomy 207T00000X

Neurosurgeons near Mamerhi Okor

Counts of neurosurgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Mamerhi O. Okor billed Medicare for 568 services in 2024

CMS data shows 568 Medicare services from Mamerhi Okor across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 320 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $100,445 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024568
Medicare patients320
Paid by Medicare$100,445
Procedure codes11

Mamerhi Okor's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4072024: 3699%
Surgery
2023: 1772024: 19912%

Mamerhi Okor compared with the Alabama median for neurosurgeons, 2024

  • Mamerhi Okor
  • Alabama median
Medicare services
568vs 29891% above
Medicare patients
320vs 16396% above
Part D claims
409vs 1662.5 times

Medians across 89 neurosurgeons in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Mamerhi Okor's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Mamerhi O. Okor treated 320 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 320 Medicare patients who saw Mamerhi Okor in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 146 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.45, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Mamerhi Okor's median patient age at 67, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024320
Average age72
Average risk score1.45
Also on Medicaid8%

Mamerhi Okor's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Mamerhi Okor's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women16752%
  • Men15348%

Chronic conditions among Mamerhi Okor's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Anxiety38%
  5. Mood disorders38%
  6. Diabetes37%
  7. Depression36%
  8. Ischemic heart disease36%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Mamerhi Okor's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men44%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Mamerhi O. Okor wrote 441 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Mamerhi Okor wrote 441 Medicare Part D claims for 142 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 409 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $5,885 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 367 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024441
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$5,885
Part D patients142

Mamerhi Okor's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic438 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other3 claims1%

Mamerhi Okor's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Mamerhi Okor's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids61%267 of 441 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3672024: 40911%

Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 6 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Mamerhi O. Okor scored 99 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Mamerhi Okor for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Mamerhi Okor accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 176 procedures of spinal fusion by Mamerhi Okor, more than 87% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Mamerhi Okor's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 99of 100Final score
  • 80.2of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Mamerhi Okor ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Spinal fusion
87th percentile176 procedures
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
86th percentile69 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Mamerhi O. Okor has 6 publications on record

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Mamerhi Okor, published from 2013 to 2024. The most frequent topics are Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic, Reoperation and Spinal Fusion. Mamerhi Okor has published most often in World Neurosurg. Mamerhi Okor's most frequent co-authors are Paul M. Foreman, MD, Christoph Johannes Griessenauer, MD and James H. Mooney, MD.

Papers6
Years published2013 to 2024

Mamerhi Okor's papers by year, 2013 to 2024

Topics Mamerhi Okor writes about most

  • Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic
  • Reoperation
  • Spinal Fusion

Mamerhi Okor's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Mamerhi Okor

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Mamerhi O. Okor received $3,578 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 63 general payments to Mamerhi Okor from 5 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 50% of the total. Nuvasive, Inc. paid the most, $2,236.

General payments to Mamerhi Okor by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Mamerhi Okor by kind, 2016 to 2025

$3.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,79350%
  • Travel and lodging$1,78550%

Companies that paid Mamerhi Okor the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Mamerhi O. Okor graduated from Emory University School of Medicine

Mamerhi Okor graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 2001.

  1. Medical schoolEmory University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Mamerhi O. Okor's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Mamerhi O. Okor's NPI number?

Mamerhi O. Okor's NPI number is 1205044005. It was assigned on May 18, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Mamerhi O. Okor specialize in?

Mamerhi O. Okor is a neurosurgeon in Birmingham, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurological Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207T00000X).

Where does Mamerhi O. Okor practice?

Mamerhi Okor practices at 619 19th S St, Birmingham, AL 35211. Mamerhi Okor's primary practice is University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Dmand AI also links Mamerhi Okor to 1 hospital.

What is Mamerhi O. Okor's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Mamerhi Okor is (205) 731-9770.

What is Mamerhi O. Okor's medical license number?

Mamerhi Okor holds Alabama license 24979.

Which hospitals is Mamerhi O. Okor affiliated with?

Mamerhi Okor is affiliated with UAB Hospital. Dmand AI links Mamerhi Okor to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Mamerhi O. Okor part of?

Mamerhi Okor is linked to UAB Medicine.

Does Mamerhi O. Okor accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Mamerhi Okor billed Medicare for 568 services in 2024, and Mamerhi Okor accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Mamerhi O. Okor's MIPS score?

Mamerhi Okor's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 99 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Mamerhi O. Okor see?

CMS counts 320 Medicare patients who saw Mamerhi Okor in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Mamerhi O. Okor bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Mamerhi Okor's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and surgery: bones and joints (22614).

Where did Mamerhi O. Okor go to medical school?

Mamerhi Okor graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 2001.

What drugs does Mamerhi O. Okor prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Mamerhi Okor's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl, Gabapentin and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Mamerhi O. Okor received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,578 in general payments to Mamerhi Okor from 5 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Nuvasive, Inc.

How long has Mamerhi O. Okor been practicing?

Mamerhi Okor graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.

Does Mamerhi O. Okor do research?

Dmand AI links 6 publications to Mamerhi Okor, published from 2013 to 2024.

Who does Mamerhi O. Okor publish with?

Mamerhi Okor's most frequent co-authors are Paul M. Foreman, MD (3 shared papers), Christoph Johannes Griessenauer, MD (3 shared papers) and James H. Mooney, MD (3 shared papers).

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